Hagar and the Angel by Pietro da Cortona

Pietro da Cortona

1596 - 1669

Tuscany, Italy

Pietro da Cortona, an eminent Italian Baroque painter and architect, played a significant role in the development of Roman Baroque architecture alongside his contemporaries Gian Lorenzo Bernini and Francesco Borromini. Born as Pietro Berrettini in Cortona, Tuscany, he received his early artistic training in Florence under Andrea Commodi. However, drawn to the allure of Rome, he ventured there in 1612/3, joining the studio of Baccio Ciarpi. In Rome, his remarkable talents were recognized by prominent patrons, including Marcello Sacchetti, the papal treasurer during Pope Urban VIII's reign. This...